Chapter 562: Survival and Death

"Mortar!"

On the walls of Ningcheng, the generals ran back and forth, issuing various orders.

Since they joined the army, they have never experienced such a dangerous war.

The city was in ruins, and the enemy's strength was nearly six or seven times their own.

And they were the Beidi people that the Dasong people feared.

But although the soldiers were nervous, they were in order and did not seem panicked at all.

They have experienced many wars along the way.

Now, no matter what situation they face, they can deal with it calmly. At most, they will die on the battlefield.

"Fight!"

The Beidi soldiers carrying the ladders are getting closer and closer.

When they enter the range of 400 meters, the generals give orders one after another.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

The sound of the mortar sounded, and shells exploded above the heads of the Beicheng soldiers.

The lime bombs exploded, and the white dust burned the eyes of the Beidi soldiers, immediately causing chaos in an area of ​​the Beidi soldiers.

The shotgun directly knocked down a small half of the Beidi soldiers within a range of ten meters.

It's just that there were too many Beidi soldiers rushing over.

The explosions seemed sparse among the charging Beidi soldiers, and could not stop the attack of the Beidi soldiers.

When they rushed into the range of 200 meters, the rifle soldiers on the city wall pulled the trigger.

"Bang, bang, bang..." dense gunshots rang out.

The Beidi soldiers who rushed in front fell to the ground as if their feet were tripped.

Some people were silent, and some were howling on the ground.

The subsequent Beidi soldiers did not stop. They stepped on their companions' bodies, picked up the ladders and continued to rush forward.

At this moment, the Khan was watching them in the tent.

They wanted to prove their bravery in front of the Khan.

However, they were greeted by another round of shooting, and the Beidi soldiers fell again in large numbers.

After such repeated tug-of-war, fewer and fewer Beicheng soldiers were charging.

"Khan, our attack in Yanguan was frustrated again and again like this." Korqin stood beside Mule Hongzhen.

At this time, they were all wearing the uniforms of ordinary soldiers.

Mixed among the soldiers, they were no different from other Beidi soldiers.

They did this to observe the battlefield at close range and prevent being discovered by the enemy and being bombarded.

Mule Hongzhen frowned. When he read the battle report sent by Gurtu, he was just surprised.

But when he saw it with his own eyes, he felt a chill rising from the soles of his feet to his forehead.

Two hundred meters away, the Beidi soldiers would be attacked by this kind of musket.

After rushing through two hundred meters, there were almost no soldiers left to reach the city.

Seeing that the first charge was about to fail, Mule Hongzhen said: "Let the soldiers use the bodies of other soldiers as meat shields and attack forward."

"This..." Gurtu hesitated.

Not only Dasong, the Beidi people also respect the corpses of their own soldiers.

He was afraid that this would cause resentment from other soldiers.

But seeing Mule Hongzhen's serious expression, he immediately passed the order down.

The Beidi soldiers who were charging received the order and immediately cooperated with each other, lifting the corpses on the ground and laying them across in front of them to protect the soldiers behind them.

But this had no effect at all. The Yanzhou soldiers on the wall were looking down from above, and the bullets still hit them.

Muller Hongzhen immediately canceled the order again. He was just trying it out.

This method failed, and he had to think of other effective methods.

"Stop the attack and launch a night attack at night." After just a moment of hesitation, Muller Hongzhen made up his mind.

He knew that Gultu's night attack had failed.

But that was Yanguan, not Ningcheng.

Yanguan had Mo Yu in charge, but Ningcheng did not.

Yanguan had so many bells, but Ningcheng did not necessarily have so many bells.

Moreover, although Gultu's night attacks often ended in failure, it was obvious that the number of casualties in night attacks was less than that in the daytime.

So, his night attack might not fail.

"Prepare the gunpowder barrels and blow up the city walls." Muller Hongzhen said again.

Gultu naturally thought of this method to deal with Yanguan.

But the artillery on the walls of Yanguan could only leave a white mark on it, and the gunpowder barrels had no effect on it at all.

Similarly, the walls of Ningcheng are not like this.

If he didn't want to take Ningcheng as soon as possible, he would even keep bombarding a certain area of ​​the wall and knock it down.

But this is obviously not as fast as a gunpowder barrel.

After saying that, he turned and returned to the tent.

Ningcheng City.

Qin Shan and the generals have been on edge, ready to fight for a day.

Seeing that the Beidi soldiers suddenly retreated, he was not happy, but his heart sank.

"Why don't you fight?" A general looked puzzled.

"I'm afraid they will fight at night." Qin Shan said.

At Yanguan, Beidi had just suffered a setback, and then chose to fight at night.

This time, the Beidi army from Jincheng probably didn't believe in the power of their rifled guns at first.

Now that they have seen it, they will naturally take the same action.

And this will be a huge challenge for him.

"Have the armor and weapons been issued to Yan Wang and others?" Qin Shan asked.

"Sent." The general replied.

Qin Shan nodded. This time he could only use all the forces he could to resist the Northern Di army and create opportunities for subsequent battles.

Do everything he can to defend Ningcheng.

Otherwise, if Ningcheng is destroyed, none of Yan Wang and his men will survive.